Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye

Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye is a bishop of Church of Nigeria and the present Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Lagos (Anglican Communion), Nigeria: He is the current Bishop of Lagos,and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos (Anglican Communion), Church of Nigeria^[1] having been Bishop of Osun North East until 2018.and presented as the Archbishop of Lagos Ecclesiastical Province on the 7th of November, 2021 at the Cathedral Church of Advent, Life Camp, Abuja ^[2]

Early life[]

The Rt. Revd. Dr. Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye was  born on 28 January 1969 at Okene into the family of the Venerable and Mrs. T.A. Olumakaiye . He is a native of Idanre in Ondo State .

Education[]

He started his Education at St. Michael’s primary school, Esie in 1975 from where he proceeded to Government Secondary School, Omu-Aran, Kwara State in 1982 . He left Omu-Aran in 1983 and concluded his Secondary education at  Cherubim Seraphim Secondary School, Ilorin in 1986 .

Between 1991 and 1993, he obtained his first degree in Religious Studies from the University of Ibadan, Master’s Degree in Religious Studies in 2001 and doctorate degree in Church History and Doctrine from the same university. Following his training and graduation from prestigious Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, he was made a  Deacon in June 1993 and ordained a priest in December same year by The Rt. Rev. Dr. E.A. Ademowo (later Most Revd.), then Bishop of Ilesha Diocese .

Ministry[]

Consequently, he started his ministry at Christ the Saviour Anglican Church, Cappa, Ilesa in June 1993. While at Cappa, he was preferred a Statutory Canon in November 1999 to occupy Archbishop Adetiloye’s stall and Bishop Ademowo preferred him an Archdeacon of Imo Archdeaconry and Vicar of St. James’s Church, Imo Ilesa 2000 .

His achievement in two years, between March 2000 and July 2002 at were so amazing that they could easily pass for a 10-year work. When he was transferred to Ijebu-Jesa, his performance were also unparalleled. As the Vicar of St. Matthew’s Church and Archdeacon of Ijebu-Jesa, he worked so assiduously in lifting the status of St. Matthew’s church to become the Cathedral in January 2009 and the favor of God upon him was unquestionable when he became the first Dean of Cathedral St. Matthew Ijebu-Jesa, Ijesa North Missionary Diocese.

By divine favor, he was elected Bishop on May 22, 2009 at the 40, he was consecrated Bishop on Sunday, July 12, 2009  in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state while he was enthroned on Thursday, July 16, 2009 a St. Philip’s Cathedral, Otan Ayegbaju as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Osun North.

Within two years of his Episcopacy in the Diocese, he built a multi-million naira  Bishop’s court, a chapel and a library and Resource Centre. The Diocese Headquarter also has a hall, Bishop’s office Complex school and  many other  structures to the glory of God . He also built a prayer mountain and a prayer prayer town in the Diocese, no wonder that a whole quarter of Otan- Ayegbaju was named after him by the Oba after working assiduously to develop the Diocese leading to the development of the town .

Dr.  Humphrey Olumakaiye was elected for translation into See of Lagos on Tuesday , February 6, 2018 and enthroned as the 8th Bishop of Lagos on Monday , July 30, 2018 at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos. He has since been doing exploit in the premier Diocese both spiritually and physical as he acquired 1500 plots of land for the  Diocese and named it Centenary City where he is building low income Housing Estate, Gethsemane garden , Hospital, Convention ground, women & youth empowerment center, Amusement park and lots more .

Dr. Olumakaiye  has served as the Coordinator, prayer convocation for Ibadan province : the secretary of supra west, church of Nigeria (compromising of 63 Dioceses):the secretary of the proprietors desk of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.  He is member of pension and gratuity board, supra west church of Nigeria and a member of governing council , Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.

Dr .Humphrey Olumakaiye made history as he was the first Nigerian priest to preach at Melbourne church, London. Also for four years, he was an annual guest lecturer at St. Luke's Central, Birmingham. UK,(2011-2015).in 2003, he attended the world mission conference in Derbyshire and University of Birmingham .

In 2005,Dr Humphrey Olumakaiye alongside his wife attended a programme on church music and pastoral care in Melbourne, London. Bishop Olumakaiye, a writer and an author has published two books namely-

1. Anglican women: Position, privileges and prospects of women in the church
2. Inculturation and decolonization of oral and liturgical theology of the Anglican Communion, Nigeria.

Family[]

Dr. Humphrey Olumakaiye is happily married to Prof Mrs. Motunrayo Funke,Olumakaiye, former head of the department , department of nutrition and consumer sciences, faculty of agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University(O.U.A),Ile -Ife, Osun state. The union is blessed with a son Richard Tunbamise.  

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